Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Humorous Life Lessons And The Emotional Response

By Sarah Price


Whether performing comedy on stage, or telling a friend a joke, humor can often be a good thing. Humorous life lessons are often the source for many jokes created by professional comedians. Whereas, family and friends can often share a good laugh or two over an experience which others found funny. For example, a funny incident, such as believing a goat would make a great indoor pet and blaming siblings for the goat being indoors. Then, while on a deathbed, the individual tells the truth and takes full responsibility.

As shown by comedians, sit-coms and other entertainment forms, humor does not discriminate. However, those using it as a means of form certainly can. Comedians and others often to be cautious when telling jokes, or writing comedic scenes for film and television. Otherwise, these individuals can quickly lose touch with an audience.

Whether creating, or laughing at inappropriate material, an individual is often considered to be discriminatory, often without realizing same. As such, it is also important for audience members to step up and let others know when this type situation exists. Whether that means, approaching a comedian at the end of a gig, explaining to others why a joke is offensive, or writing a film or television studio as to why a show created a negative response.

Some individuals have a sense of humor while others do not. As such, a joke may be funny to some and not to others. When telling funny jokes and stories which do not provoke a laughter response, one should never assume the material to be bad or inappropriate. For, it could just be that these individuals did not grasp or understand the material or punchline.

The best jokes are often those based on personal experience rather than attacking others. For example, baldness has often been the punchline of many jokes when it comes to comedians. While offensive, this trend tends to continue because no one has spoken up. In addition, there are many other areas in which a comedian can draw material beyond having to personally attack audience members.

Whether education, culture, maturity, radio, sports, television or personal experience, these are areas from which great humor can often be derived. Also, by working from personal experience, comedians and others can often avoid offending audience members based on personal identity and appearance. As such, it is often best to create material before taking the stage rather than using personal attacks as a form of entertainment.

When telling a joke, it is important that the audience be of the appropriate age to understand the punchline. Otherwise, the joke could be repeated in inappropriate surroundings. Whereas, children often find cartoons and storybooks to be quite funny while adults often prefer more advanced forms of entertainment.

Most people believe humor to be either basic human nature or a gift from the Divine. Whereas, others believe it to be a sense of joy which has no explanation. Regardless, as laughter has now proven to have an overall healing effect on body, mind and spirit, telling a good joke or explaining a humorous personal experience is often a good thing.




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